Steve J. Sassol (born July 4, 1953) is an American electrical engineer and the inventor of the self-contained (portable) digital camera.
[7] Sasson retired from Eastman Kodak Company in 2009 and began working as a consultant in an intellectual property protection role.
[11] Sasson joined the University of South Florida Institute for Advanced Discovery & Innovation in 2018, where he is a member and courtesy professor.
[12] On November 17, 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama awarded Sasson the National Medal of Technology and Innovation at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House.
[14] On September 6, 2012 The Royal Photographic Society awarded Sasson its Progress Medal and Honorary Fellowship "in recognition of any invention, research, publication or other contribution that has resulted in an important advance in the scientific or technological development of photography or imaging in the widest sense.